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The Cambridge history of Judaism / 2 The Hellenistic age.

This is the second of four volumes covering the history of Judaism from the Persian period, roughly 539-322 BCE, to the Tannaitic period, which culminated in the codification of the Mishnah around 250 CE. The volume describes both the rejection and adoption of Hellenism by Judaism.Read more...

Preface; List of abbreviations; map of the Hellenistic empire; 1. The archeology of Hellenistic Palestine Marie-Christine Halpern-Zylberstein; 2. The political and social history of Palestine from Alexander to Antiochus III (333-187 BCE) Martin Hengel; 3. Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek in the Hellenistic age James Barr; 4. The Diaspora in the Hellenistic age Harald Hegermann; 5. The interpenetration of Judaism and Hellenism in the epre-Maccabean period Martin Hengel; 6. The men of the Great Synagogue (circa 400-170 BCE) Louis Finkelstein; 7. The Pharisaic leadership after the Great Synagogue (170 BCE-135 CE) Louis Finkelstein; 8. Antiochus IV Orro Morkholm; 9. The Hasmonean revolt and the Hasmonean dynasty Jonathan A. Goldstein; 10. Jewish literature in Hebrew and Aramaic in the Greek era Mathias Delcor; 11. Jewish-Greek literature of the Greek period Nikolaus Walter; 12. The apocrypha and pseudepigrapha of the Hellenistic period Mathias Delcor; 13. The book of Daniel H. L. Ginsburg; 14. The matrix of apocalyptic Paul D. Hanson; 15. The Septuagint and its Hebrew text Harry M. Orlinsky; 16. The Targumim Roger Le Deaut; 17. The Samaritans James D. Purvis; 18. The growth of anti-Judaism or the Greek attitude towards Jews Emilio Gabba; Bibliographies; Chronological table; Index.